Gritting/Salting Pavements

AB Editor | 15:28 Mon 06th Feb 2012 | ChatterBank

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Should Councils Salt/Grit Pavements In Snowy/Icy Weather Conditions?

Yes. - 169 votes
85%
No. - 31 votes
16%

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rowanwitch

I voted no... let them prioritise the roads especially bus routes...

Generally the amount of snow we have is a nuisance nothing more and rarely lasts that long last winter was a freak... The exception should maybe be shopping streets if they are very icy

albaqwerty

Is it an urban myth that if you clear snow from the pavement in front of your property and someone slips on it, they can sue you?

craft1948

My terror of slipping and needing yet another knee operation will keep me housebound until it's all gone.

EvianBaby

Also, in my area it least it didn't get as cold as expected so the snow is now just melting under foot anyway. It would have been a huge waste of grit.

arwyn

LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED SHOULD DO IT, THOSE FIT HEALTHY PEOPLE WHO JUST WONT WORK FOR A LIVING AND LIVE OFF THE TAX PAYER..

ummmm

And who will monitor that?

May as well get the gritters out!!

EDDIE51

If a council ( or a private person) grits or salts a pavement and does a poor job so that someone still falls and injures themselves that person can sue the council or whoever cleared the footpath.However if the council do nothing the snow and ice count as an 'Act of God' and there is no chance to sue anyone.
Plenty of accident claim lawyers to help make a claim ! but even they can't sue God ! This is why councils will not clear pavements and footpaths , roads are a diffrent matter and the highway authoritys specify that they must be cleared, thus taking any claim out of the councils hands.

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